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Originally Posted by cgrapski
I actually was having the same idea today - I'd like a standard template that I can use to build the Comments container with for all books - where I can have a section to add links to notes on the book, have a place for the contents of a book, a place for author information, a place for translator information, etc.
I have no idea how to do this though - I have my head spinning around as I stumbled on the idea while I was trying to clean up my libraries. And haven't gotten much of that done today - and never got to the reading and note taking I should be doing now.
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So sorry, @cgrapski - I didn't see your comment until today...
Here is the 'template' that I use, simply copying/pasting it into the Comments field:
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<p>—…</p>
<p style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #ff0000">NOTE: </span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title//"><img src="file:///E:/~eBooks/~~~~~Temp/imdb.gif" width="40"></a> <strong>YEAR Movie with </strong><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name//"><strong style="color: #6cb4ee">ACTOR</strong></a><strong> & </strong><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name//"><strong style="color: #6cb4ee">ACTOR</strong></a></p>
<hr>
<h3>My Review</h3>
<p style="font-weight: bold">TAGLINE</p>
<blockquote>*** NOTE: I received an advance eBook copy and this is my honest review *** </blockquote>
<blockquote>REVIEW</blockquote>
<hr>
<h3>About the Author</h3>
<p>.</p>
<p>★<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px">✅</span>➜</p>
<p>. <strong style="color: #000000; background-color: #00ff00">Website</strong></p>
<hr>
<h2 align="center">Alternate/Back Cover</h2>
<p align="center"><a href="file:///E:/~eBooks/~~~~~Temp/Covers/"><img src="file:///E:/~eBooks/~~~~~Temp/Covers/" width="150"></a></p>
<hr>
<h2 align="center">Floating Images</h2>
<p><a href="file:///E:/~eBooks/~~~~~Temp/"><img src="file:///E:/~eBooks/~~~~~Temp/" width="150" style="float: right; margin-left: 0.5em"></a></p>
<p><br></p>
You have to be in the HTML Source tab for this to work.
An explanation of the different sections:
- First there are an Em Dash and a Vertical Ellipsis (three dots), as I use them quite frequently in the first line of the book's description and got tired of having to bring up the clipboard manager every time I needed to use one.
Then my book's description goes here, followed by...
- The Note section in Red to draw attention.
- Next is a section to list an IMDb link if the book has a Movie/TV tie-in. There's also a local link to an IMDb icon, which (if you use any of this code) you'll have to alter to point to whatever folder you're storing your images in. I also have a couple of Actors' links, in case maybe I want to remember that Danny DeVito was the star
- Then we have the My Review section, for books that I've reviewed and want to keep a record of what I said.
- Next up we have an About the Author section where you can put, you guessed it, info/bio/whatever about the book's author(s). I considered including a small avatar-like pic, but that seemed like way too much trouble to go to.
There's a few special characters that I've used from time to time in author's descriptions and decided to include in the template: a Star ★ (maybe for ratings, whatever); a Checkbox ✅; and an Arrow ➜ (was going to substitute it for the normal List icon, but QT won't allow me to do that...).
One thing I did make is a highlight for the author's website/blog/etc. I didn't like QT's choice of colors for the link, so that's why there's complete background- and link colors in there.
- On to the Alternate/Back Cover section, where I link to covers.
Note that something is broken? in Calibre version 7.0 and beyond - Image links are not working, forcing me to go back to 6.29.0 until the issue is resolved...
- The last section, the Floating Images one, is there so I can keep the formatting handy for floating an image left or right (I forget easily...) - With Omnibus editions of series, I include the synopsii of each volume along with the front cover, staggered from left to right in the comments.
I hope this is helpful for you - I have no idea how mystified or proficient you may be with HTML, so I tried to explain - If you need more help, don't hesitate to ask! I'm not a wizard with HTML, but I get by and I'll try to help
--CloudReader